Jimmy Watson: Kelly Haydel cooks flathead catfish on the grill

Kelly Haydel cooks flathead catfish on the grill

6:30 PM,
May 21, 2013

Flathead steak cooked on the grill by Kelly Haydel.

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Kelly Haydel isn't just a master at marketing Haydel's Game Calls. The Bossier City company's vice president is also good at working a trade of Lake Bistineau flathead catfish for some Alaskan halibut.

Not many folks can pull off that switcheroo, but Haydel found an unsuspecting cousin (Dean Waguestack), who took the bait hook, line and sinker.

The deal came to fruition thanks to Haydel's penchant for running trotlines on Bistineau. He's usually ended that fun this time of year, but unseasonably cooler temperatures have kept the big cats moving around the lake's cypress trees and ...